In 1927, In recognition of his solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, Charles Lindbergh was awarded the first Distinguished Flying Cross.

In 1927, Babe Ruth hits the 19th and 20th of his 60 home runs.

In 1937, The Marx Brothers' movie "A Day At The Races" was released.

In 1942, The United States and the Soviet Union signed a lend-lease agreement to aid the Soviet war effort in World War II.

In 1947, The government announced the end of household and institutional sugar rationing, to take effect the next day.

In 1953, The tv and radio comedy "Amos 'n Andy" last aired on CBS. It had been on the radio since 1929.

In 1955, In France, 80 people were killed and more than 100 were injured when three cars crashed on the Le Mans racetrack. The cars had ploughed into the spectator's grandstand.

In 1961, Roger Maris hits the 19th and 20th of his 61 home runs.

In 1963, Buddhist monk Quang Duc immolated himself on a Saigon street to protest the government of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem.

In 1969, Soviet and Chinese troops clash on Sinkiang border.

In 1970, The United States presence in Libya came to an end as the last detachment left Wheelus Air Base.

In 1975, The first test pumpings of oil from Britain's North Sea oilfields began.

In 1977, Seattle Slew won the Belmont Stakes, capturing the Triple Crown.

In 1977, In the Netherlands, a 19-day hostage situation came to an end when Dutch marines stormed a train and a school being held by South Moluccan extremist. Two hostages and the six terrorists were killed.

In 1978, Joseph Freeman Jr. became the first black priest ordained in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons).

In 1979, Actor John Wayne (Marion Michael Morrison) died at age 72. He was born in Winterset, IA on May 26, 1907.

In 1981, The first major league baseball player's strike began. It would last for two months.

In 1982, Steven Spielberg's "ET: The Extra-Terrestrial" was released

In 1985, Karen Ann Quinlan, the comatose patient whose case prompted a historic right-to-die court decision, died at a nursing home in Morris Plains, N.J. She was 31. She was born on March 29, 1954.

In 1991, Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted. The eruption of ash and gas could be seen for more than 60 miles. It forced the closure and abandonment of Clark AFB.

In 1993, Steven Spielberg's movie "Jurassic Park" opened.

In 2001, Timothy McVeigh was executed by injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind., for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people.

Ten years ago (1994):

The United States, South Korea and Japan agreed to seek punitive steps against North Korea over its nuclear program.

A car bomb blew up outside a luxury hotel in Guadalajara, Mexico, killing five people in an apparently drug-related attack.

Tabasco Cat won the Belmont Stakes.

Five years ago (1999):

The FBI was seeking the creator of Worm.Explore.Zip, a file-destroying computer virus which had hit some of the nation's biggest corporations.

Actor DeForest Kelley, "Star Trek"'s "Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy", died in Woodland Hills, California, at age 79. He was born in Atlanta, GA on January 20, 1920.